1988 Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi dies in Tripoli
May 20th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by BNO News
TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BNO NEWS) -- Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, died Sunday afternoon at his home in the Libyan ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber found at mother’s house
August 29th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) The man who bombed a flight over Scotland's Lockerbie killing 270 people and was released from jail on compassionate grounds has been tracked down to his ... Read more...
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Gaddafi must face Lockerbie trial, says acquitted man
August 28th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) A man acquitted of the Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people were killed, has said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should be tried in court over whether ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber escapes with Gaddafi?
August 26th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Aug 26 (IANS) Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan national convicted for planting a bomb that killed 270 people onboard a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, has ... Read more...
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U.S. presidential candidate Romney calls on Libyan rebels to extradite Lockerbie bomber
August 23rd, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by BNO News
BOSTON (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday called upon Libya's Interim Transitional National Council (NTC) to arrest and extradite the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.Romney, a former ... Read more...
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Libyan Justice Minister Al-Jleil says Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie bombing
February 23rd, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil on Wednesday told a Swedish newspaper that Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people.Al-Jleil told ... Read more...
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British ministers ‘acted like lawyers for Libyans’ to secure Lockerbie bomber’s early release
February 8th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 8 (ANI): The release of Whitehall papers have revealed that Britain's last Labour government had 'acted like lawyers for the Libyans' in securing the early release of Lockerbie bomber ... Read more...
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‘Lockerbie bomber close to dying’
December 9th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 9 (IANS) A Libyan man convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 air travellers were killed is in a coma and may have only days to live, a ... Read more...
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Britain warns Libya over Lockerbie bomber celebration
August 20th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 20 (IANS) Britain has warned Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of Lockerbie bomber's release from a Scottish jail Friday, saying any celebration of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's freedom will be ... Read more...
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Libya to celebrate anniversary of Lockerbie bomber’s release
August 16th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Libya is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the Lockerbie bomber's release with leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi urging his countrymen to thank those who helped to ... Read more...
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My opinion misinterpreted: Lockerbie bomber’s doctor
August 15th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 15 (IANS) A cancer specialist who attended on the freed Lockerbie bomber has said that his opinion on Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's health was misinterpreted and that he was not involved in ... Read more...
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BP faces Lockerbie accusations amid delays over oil cap tests
July 15th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to look into demands from a group of senators for an investigation into charges that BP lobbied for the release ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber defies doctors’ prediction of death revealed
November 1st, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): Doctors assessment of the health of the Lockerbie bomber seems to have gone wrong and it may re-ignite the row over the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bombing case reopened
October 25th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 25 (ANI): UK authorities have launched a fresh investigation into the Lockerbie bombing, which includes a review of all the forensic evidence available.In an email sent by the Crown ... Read more...
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New Yorkers choose to leave Khadafy ‘homeless’ in the Big Apple
September 21st, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep 21(ANI): Agents for Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy had to face strong resentment from a New York real-estate broker, when they approached him to rent an Upper East Side house ... Read more...
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Despite Lockerbie bomber’s release row, Brown to meet Gaddafi
September 21st, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 21 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is all set to meet Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi this week. The meeting is likely to add more fuel to Britain's controversial ... Read more...
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Britain’s elite troops training Libyan special forces
September 12th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 12 (ANI): Troops from Britain's elite regiment, Special Air Services (SAS), have been training Libyan special forces for the last six months, despite Libya arming the Irish Republican Army, ... Read more...
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Brown does a U-turn, vows to support IRA victims suing Libya
September 7th, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 7 (ANI): Hours after refusing to get involved in the issue, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to support IRA victims' families in their fight to get compensation ... Read more...
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Brown branded as ‘invisible man of British politics’ over Lockerbie silence
August 25th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 25 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was branded as the "invisible man of British politics" after he refused to break his silence on the release of the Lockerbie ... Read more...
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US upset over release of Lockerbie bomber
August 21st, 2009 - 9:46 am ICT by IBNS
Washington, Aug 21 (IBNS) The United States has reacted sharply to the release of Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi who was sentenced to life by the Scottish government for his part in the ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber must stay behind bars: court
November 14th, 2008 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (DPA) A Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland in which 270 people died will not be released early from ... Read more...
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